is everyone aware that cotton on has G1 Minibots for sale
https://cottonon.com/AU/search/?q=tr...ers&lang=en_AU
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is everyone aware that cotton on has G1 Minibots for sale
https://cottonon.com/AU/search/?q=tr...ers&lang=en_AU
Is that price good or if sourced elsewhere would they be cheaper?
Thanks
Grabbed the set! Thanks so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darksaber
Ditto! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dirge
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Awesome tip! Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darksaber
Quite handy too they have free shipping til mid-night tonight.
It's a fair/good price when you factor in shipping cost, GST, $ conversion cost from overseas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thurmus
Thanks for the heads up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darksaber
Also for those who haven't bought from Cotton On before, you can sign up for $10 off :)
You show up whenever there's a bargain to be had. Funny that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BruiseLee
Thanks for the heads up on minibots. No idea who I bought from, but if they actually have the stock, got to be the cheapest way to grab a set
Thanks for the heads up, that's awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darksaber
Sign up for $10 off, and if you have a cashrewards account it's 9% cashback for Cotton On.
Word is definitely out. Only Swerve left at Cotton On this morning
Happy to help out
I must admit that I rather impulsively jumped on all of these. :D Now to think about where I'm going to display them as I'm going to keep them sealed (I already have all the original G1 and Takara reissue versions of these figures). <rubs.chin> :)
P.S.: They look to be completely sold out now! :o
I ordered 2x Bumblebee. Will likely keep on MOC and have the other as a desk toy at work.
Otherwise, will open both and display in both modes.
Never had an original G1 Bee, never bought a proper reissue, and had the 90s chrome G2 version.
Happy with this. Missed out on free shipping but signed up for the $10 coupon which I used.
Wow, I missed that boat, they aren't even listed any more (Cotton On) I wonder if they'll have any turn up in store?
Just out of curiosity how much were they?
I'm Asian... :D :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
Wow that was fast! They were $14.95 each.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
I’m sure someone here would relieve you of this burden :pQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
:eek: This board is going into meltdown. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/...psx6kitrmx.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
They do have a TF drink bottle and a TF lunch box. No Matt Shirvington lunch box though, nor do I want to get my hands on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
I emailed them this afternoon. They were only online.
Caitlin (Cotton On Customer Service Australia)
Oct 12, 15:49 AEDT
Hi Thurmus,
Thanks for getting in touch,
Our 790442 TRANSFORMERS LEGION TOYS, unfortunately, aren’t due to be restocked. So sorry I haven’t been able to find this for you!
While they are not currently on the purchase order this may change, so please keep an eye out on our website or get in touch with us again to check for you.
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If I can help with anything else please let me know.
Caitlin
I hope to see Caitlin wearing Swerve, Outback, Tailgate & Bumblebee soon :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Thurmus
That's so random by Cotton On. Wonder if they will be doing the other G1 re-releases given how fast these sold out.
Received my 2 Bumblebees today. Very quick dispatch (ordered Thursday night dispatched Friday from their Victorian DC) and came in well packed. 15 bucks a pop with free shipping that's a pretty sweet deal.
https://i.imgur.com/wblVXeVl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1Yfy1d2h.jpg
But, one of them has a really badly painted head. I haven't bought any G1 reissues since probably the Takara TF Collection days so am not sure about the quality of recent reissues. But I've never seen a mainline Transformer toy with this obvious of a visual flaw in store or from online. Or have I just been lucky?
They've started on the low value ones so hopefully they'd stock more? I'd say it's probably a one-off thing. One of the buyers is probably a TF fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
They also had the G1 My Little Pony re-releases, so it might have something to do with the licenses they have for clothing.
You're probably right. Too much commercial risk selling the other larger & more costly TF G1 re-releases.Quote:
Originally Posted by doublespy
These have sold out. I need a brony shoulder to console me. Don't all come rushing at once.Quote:
Originally Posted by tinyJazz
I just got screwed over by Cotton on.
I just bought two sets of G1 Walmart minibots from them, only to find they have NO tech specs whatsoever and are the foreign edition. So I am now going to have to source a new set for mosc. Knew the price was too good to be true. It has a Hasbro rrp sticker of Aus 14.99, 16.99 nz, which means that the set we will get at retail is probably no tech spec too :(
Turn your cards over peeps and prepare to be majorly disappointed
For opening the set is fine (But you don't get a card to keep), but really bummed
To be fair to Cotton On Kids, they aren't the usual perveyors of TF toys & not intentionally going out to screw TF collectors. These are legit (as you've mentioned), just not the American version you were expecting.Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
As bummed as you are, you'll be able to flip these no sweat.
I’ve seen videos reviews of the Walmart carded minibots and they do have tech specs. If yours aren’t those, which reissue release are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
Yeah these would be for the international market and I guess because they need to have multi-language texts jammed on the card there's not enough room for the tech specs. I can see why that'd be disappointing for MOSC collectors though..
Can someone please kindly post up a pic of the back facing of the backing card. Thanks.
It appears the U.S. variant is bi-lingual with English & French(?) (for Canada) whereas the International has 4 languages.
Thanks doublespy.
The G1 'purist' won't be happy with these minibot reissues. The backing card text has been modified. The toys are essentially Encore reissues with notable exception of Bumblebee, previously stated by Goki-san in another thread somewhere.
While I understand how the international packaging variation would be disappointing for some people, I also think it's unfair to accuse Cotton On Kids of deliberately trying to screw fans over by sourcing this stock. I highly doubt that their retail buyer contacted Hasbro and explicitly asked for European stock over American stock for this express purpose. I highly doubt that the retail buyer woke up one morning and as s/he was brushing his/her teeth thought to him/herself, "Ya know what? I think I'll call Hasbro and order the G1 reissue Mini bots... but I'll be sure to ask them to source me the European versions without the tech spec bios instead of the American ones. Yeah, that's totally what I'm gonna do when I get to work today!" :p
When Beast Wars first came out in Australia you guys also got similar European packaging that skimped out on tech spec bios (not me, I was living in Japan at the time :p). Again, I doubt that this was done to deliberately bugger fans over. It's more than likely due to where Hasbro Australia gets their stock from which they then distribute to local stores here. Being made as Wal★Mart exclusives in the US, maybe it was easier for Hasbro AU to source stock from Europe.
It should also be mentioned that at the Play World convention 2 weeks ago, both Tha Phantom and I mentioned to a Hasbro rep that it would be really good if they could get the 2018 G1 reissues released here. I don't know if this stock was ordered before the con or after, but either way I'm just glad to see reissues being released here and also at a pretty good price. Remember when TRU were releasing inferior Hasbro G1 reissues here at high prices? And by inferior I don't mean the packaging, I mean things like oversized missiles, lack of chrome etc., and by high prices I mean that they initially sold for nearly the cost of buying a Takara reissue from a local specialty import store (sometimes the import was cheaper).
If it really bugs you that much, get the North American versions. If you've already bought the European versions from Cotton On Kids then I'm pretty sure that you'll have no problem selling them considering how quickly they sold out.
For those who missed out (like me) these seem to have returned to the CottonOn website. Just put in an order for all four.
Thanks. Just bought a set also. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Graymalkin
If you're a G1 purist you wouldn't like these. These toys have the changes introduced in the Encore version - the blue eyes on Swerve, Tailgate and Outback - and the cartoon face on Bumblebee that originaly came from the Transformers Collection version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
The US/Canada card back looks like this for comparison.
Not a fan personally, not quite the accurate G1 reproduction I'd want. Close but just a bit "wrong" for me.
http://i.imgur.com/uMeDRBJ.jpg
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I only bought them cos they were a reasonable price. I couldn’t care less about the cardboard as I’m ripping them open anyway. Apart from a crappy Platinum G1 Predaking, these are the first ‘G1’ bots I’ve bought since the 80’s. Will probably regret it as soon as I see them.:)
Could be the Walmart American variant. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Graymalkin